Abstract #5302

Advancing skills to Radiographers for Delivering Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Kampala, Uganda using Abbreviated Protocols

Patricia Mazwi Maishi¹, Katia Menacho², Amanda Mbonye³, Geoffrey Erem⁴, James Kayima⁵, Sarah Kraus⁶, Jason Dungu⁷, Anna Herrey³, Saidi Mohiddin³, and Ntobeko A.B Ntusi⁸

¹Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ²Cardiology, BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST, London, United Kingdom, ³BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Radiology, Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, ⁵Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, ⁶University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁷MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, ESSEX, United Kingdom, ⁸SAMRC, Cape Town, South Africa

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Motivation: Recently, a project initiated by Barts Heart Centre and the Uganda Heart Institute, and supported by the UCT and Siemens, delivered a successful collaborative training program to initiate cardiac CMR services in Uganda.

Goal(s): The goal was to provide a foundational understanding of CMR tailored to the clinical context of Uganda.

Approach: Focus was on practical and cost-effective approaches to integrate CMRI into local healthcare services, with a particular emphasis on abbreviated protocols.

Results: We demonstrated that we could deliver a successful teaching program to local radiographers by utilizing abbreviated protocols. With correct training, it only took 20 minutes to complete a scan.

Impact:

We successfully scanned 16 patients with an approximate scanning time for the abbreviated protocol of 20 minutes.
Ten radiographers were trained during live scanning by introducing innovative teaching techniques and preparing them for independent patient scanning and dealing with challenges.

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